Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-04-05

Merrill on the street thai night. ! was
not intoxicated tbas evening. l had not
been dtinking. / didn't tell what | had
seen. l knew Stste Attorney Harsh. l !
knew Sheriff Mcdonald. Tue next day
after the shooting l didn't go to Che
sheriff ror any of his officers to tell them.
I did not go TO any officer. I knew that
the coroner'e jury the next day was in
session, but | did not go before it to tell
anything. l had a conversation with
Mayor Clsland in the fell. refused to
tell HIM what / saw. 1 knew that he
was trying to find ont the guilty parties.
When I was taken before Foley in Noyem-
her, Murphy was there and Marsh
also. I think it was Marsh who asked
questions after Foley put me under oath.
Marsh asked me to give q statement OF
what I knew about the murder Of Had
dock. / told them that | didn't want to
tell them. / had been drinking some, !!
but was not drunk. / had been to the
funeral of q shop-mate. Marsh talked
to me and told me he thought [ ought
to tell him what / knew. He said that
IL / didn't want to tell before all of them,
/ could go into q 0 and tell some one
of the attorneys. / was committed and
kept in Jail till about 7 or 8 o'clock. |
tnSu WOW w $4utRhy ohkSC3 thisn3
and Foley was present aud wrote down
what l said. / told them, 1 think, that
I saw six persons after the shot was fir
ed running. I did not seil them that !
could not identify any INT Of the six
persons / saw. / did not say that I
could not see the persons plain enough
to tell who did the shooting. l don't
think I did soy that from what I saw /
was unable to tell who did the murder.
I didn't say I didn't want to say who
did the shooting because I might do in
Justice to some one. ] have talked with
Arensdorf about the shooting. 1t was
after I made the statement to the state.
Il was about q week or ten days
| ago that my statement was written ont
for the defense. 1t was q week or ten
days after Arensdorf was arrested. 1
talked with CLARK. CLARK and Kellogg
took my statement. 1 talked with Tred-
way in January. No officer took me
before Tredway. Nobody tool me to
Tredway's office. / was there about half
an honr. / talked with him about the
murds2. That was what / went there
for. / talked with Argo last night ut
Tired ways Office. Clark aud Kellogg
end Arensdorf and two OF three other
parties were there. A part of what l was
to testify was talked over. They asked
me to tell what ] knew Of the shooting.
l don't know Mr.. Riggs, the reporter of
the Sioux City Times. I had q few words
with q reporter Of the Sioux City Times.
think. did not say to him that on
the night Of the murder | had the hay
fever, and was 30 sick that ] could only
see the outlines Of two men, and that !
couldn't tell VINO they were. I didn't
tell him that / couldn't tell how the
men were dressed nor who they were,
nor that I did not see the fash of the
shot, nor it was the noise that woke me
nor that I only saw the men q moment.
I did not tell him that / WAS sick and
was in my room most Of the time that
day. / did not tell him the above IN
sabstance.
The witness was shown signature and
said that it was his own. The paper
bearing the signature was then identified
by the official reporter.
REORGANIZATION by the defense. The
reason why / didn't tell Marsh was be-
canae I was afraid / would get into
trouble. / was afraid il ! told what
knew they would put me under bonds
ss witness. / did make afterwards tina
day o partial statement. Nothing wal
said that day about the fine which
Justice Foley imposed for contempt
The next day after the statement m,
fne was remitted by Justice Foley.
Re cross examination by the state
When I was before Foley, the day tn,
statement was made, I didn't tell that
was kfraid / would be put In jail or hav'
to give bonds. told them that I hat
taken q few glasses OF beer and been t.
J the funeral of q shop-mate. / AM not
!, married man hnt a widower. / nave NJ
, wife living at Winona, MINI. l lives
there in 1868. I think.
a, A. LYON.
81 Ihaye lived in Sioux Uify ninetee,
rears, and am . mechanic. / am In bust
nees OF Pearl street. / know Johl
, Arensdoff aud have known him intimate
ly for eight or ten years. / live OF
!. Prospect hill, about two blocks from
the Franz brewery, and have lived ther
about ten years. l go by the brewer,
: every day. I meet Arensdorf frequently
D On the night OF August 3rd | saw Johl
: Arensdorf about 10 O'Clock. / WAS ii
9 Amsler's Cigar store. I don't know hoy
long I was there except what MIR. Amsle
: said. Somebody came along and sal,
5 somebody was shot down by the Colum
1 bia house. l asked Amsler to shut n
his shop and let us go down and see. FL
looked at his watch and said it was q fey
j minutes after 10 O'Clock and time to shu
: up. We went across the street to tn
a Shepherd saloon. / pulled his Indian
the sign of his tobacco store-ln, and b
| and ] went to the saloon across the stree
!, took q glass OF beer and then Amsls
. and l went to the body Of Haddock o.
t the orner There were twelve or fifteel
men there when We got there.
9 staid there a few minutes. I took o Ian
tern and looked in the dead mans face
Q i stepped back in the crowd and then
went to the middle OF the street an
/ picked up the cane, and Policeman Lag
ger told me not to do anything will
t that. / then stepped back towards th,
body and to Dineer's corner. then sa,
John Arensdorf coming from Dineer'
l corner west. ] a him him when h
| was about ten feet away. He spoke (
j to me first. He started on west toward
: the brewery.
gross-examination by the state:
had never seen Mr.. Haddock at tina
] time. ] was right on the corner the
I night when / saw Arensdorf going west
We passed the time OF day and he wen
on. There was nobody in the cigar stor
with Amaier and me. People may hav
3 come IN the store and gone ont, but
don't remember who they we're, afte
we. went to the saloon. / don't remem
I Der on which side of the street I wen
-up ON Fourth street, mean I don